Grain weigher and tally



(ModeL) J. BEELER.

GRAIN WEIGHER AND TALLY. No. 268,173. Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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JESSE BEELEP, OF GIRARD, KANSAS.

GRAIN WEIGHER AND TALLY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,173, dated November 28, 1889,

Application filed May 8, 1882. (Model) To all 'wlme'; mfIy concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE BEELER, of Gi-- rard, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain Weighing and Tallying Machines,of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists of a tilting hopper, a couple of weigh-beams, a recording ta ly, and shitting apparatus contrived to automatically shift the hopper from one delivery-spout to another each time the bag fills and swings up,the weigh-beam from which it is suspended at the same time shifting the recording-tally, all as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, torming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved weighing and tallying apparatus. Fig. 2 is a. horizontal section, and Fig. 5 is a plan view.

A A represent a couple of weigh-beams, suspended by links B from the case or frame G at D, and having links E for attaching the sacks to be filled, so as to receive the grain from the spouts F, into whi h the grain is discharged from the tilting hopper G alternately, according to the way the hopper is shifted.

I is a rocker-beam, pivoted at K to trame U, and provided at each side with two pins, ll J, for being acted on to rock the beam by the weigh-beams A. \Vhen a bag becomes full and throws up the long arm of its weighbeain the latter rises against its pin H of the rocker-beam I, throwing up said beam, passing its pin J,and droppingback so as to lodge on said pin, and be supp rted thereby until the other beam is thrown up in like manner by the filling of its attached bag against its opposite pin H, again shifting beam I and lodging iii like manner on its pin J, and detaching and letting fall the beam previously lodged on its opposite pin J. At the same time the beams A shift the hopper G from one spout to the other by means of the stirrups L, suspended by rods M from the lever N, attached to and turning with the rock-shaft O, on which an arm, P, is mounted to work the shifting-lever Q, having its fulcrum in the standard It, and connected to hopper G, so as to shift it in the direction to discharge into the spout F on the side of the weigh-beam that is down-that is,

reversely to the motion of rock-shaft 0, the

locking of the weigh-beams on pins J holding them in position until beam I is tripped by the rise of the opposite weigh-beam. Rods S, arranged in pairs ateach side of each weighbeain, serve to guide the moving beams, and also to brace the frame. The rock-shaft 0 also carries a pawl-lever, S, having pawls T T, to work the train V of the recording-tally by shifting the ratchets W X, one of which is turned by pawl T, when the hopper tilts in one direction, and the other being turned by pawl T, when the hopper shifts in the other direction. t

The recording apparatus consists of the ordinary recording-train and dials for units, tens, hundreds, c.

The frame for supporting the apparatus consists of a case, C, partly inclosing the weighbeains, spouts, and the tilting beam I, and having a base, Y, suitable for mounting the machine upon any convenient support sufticiently high to suspend the bags to receive the grain above the ground.

I am aware that it is notnew to employ outofi's in the hopper and chutes, swinging iillinelsbetween thecut-offs and chutes, and mechanism for recording thequantit ofgrain measureil.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire tosi-cure by Lotti-i s I-=teut 1. The combination or weigh-beams A and tilting beam 1, having striking-pins H. and lodging-pins J, substautialh as s ecified.

2. The co nbinatiou of weigh-beams A, rocklever N, stirrups L. rods M, mm P, shifting lever Q, hopper G, and spouts 1*,substantially as Spi'tjlfitti.

3. The combination, with the weigh-beams A, of the rocker beatn I, having the pins [1 J, the lever N, suspending by rods M the stiri'ups I}, the rock-shalt 0, having arm P, the shitting-lever Q, and the pivoted hopper G, whereby the hopper may be tilted, as described.

4. The combination, in a weighing apparatus, of thetiiting weigh-beams A, rock-shafts O, operated by said tilting weigh-beams, and the shifting hopper Gr, actuated by said rockshaft and shifted reversely thereto, substantiall y as specified.

. JESSE BEELER.

Witnesses:

W. H. MERRIWEATIIER, J. D. BAKER.

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